I found this podcast very encouraging. It’s only 20 minutes or so. Here’s some principles they share: A good pastor knows when to keep silent A good pastor “promotes” people who have the good of the group in mind not those who flatter him A good pastor uses shock statements (hyperbole) sparingly A good pastor…
I found this podcast very encouraging. It’s only 20 minutes or so. Here’s some principles they share: A good pastor knows when to keep silent. A good pastor “promotes” people who have the good of the group in mind not those who flatter him. A good pastor uses shock statements (hyperbole) sparingly. A good pastor…
Jonathan Leeman writes that church discipline aims to… Expose sin. Sin, like cancer, loves to hide. Discipline exposes the cancer so that it might be cut out quickly (1 Corinthians 5:2). Warn. A church does not enact God’s judgment through discipline. Rather, it stages a small play that pictures the great judgment to come (1…
Jonathan Leeman writes that church discipline aims to… Expose sin. Sin, like cancer, loves to hide. Discipline exposes the cancer so that it might be cut out quickly (1 Corinthians 5:2). Warn. A church does not enact God’s judgment through discipline. Rather, it stages a small play that pictures the great judgment to come (1…
Jonathan Leeman writes, “a local church is a group of Christians who regularly gather in Christ’s name to officially affirm and oversee one another’s membership in Jesus Christ and his kingdom through gospel preaching and gospel ordinances.” The five parts of this definition are: A group of Christians A regular gathering A congregation-wide exercise of…
Jonathan Leeman writes, “a local church is a group of Christians who regularly gather in Christ’s name to officially affirm and oversee one another’s membership in Jesus Christ and his kingdom through gospel preaching and gospel ordinances.” The five parts of this definition are: A group of Christians A regular gathering A congregation-wide exercise of…
Theology Along the Way 